Lodderena ornata

Lodderena ornata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Lodderena
Species: L. ornata
Binomial name
Lodderena ornata
(Olsson & McGinty, 1958)
Synonyms
  • Cyclostremiscus emeryi auct. non Ladd, 1966
  • Cyclostremiscus ornatus Olsson & McGinty, 1958
  • Cyclostremiscus solitarius Hertlein & Allison, 1968
  • Pachystremiscus ornata Olsson & McGinty, 1958

Lodderena ornata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]

Description

The size of the shell is 0.8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verde Islands, the Gulf of Guinea, off Brazil; in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. It has also been reported in the Indian Ocean.

References


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